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A note from Richard

V2Melody will close at midnight on 20 January 2028

This site has been a retirement project in musical poetry: poems chosen with care and set to music, offered freely for as long as it felt right to keep the garden open.

The work no longer holds the place it once did in my life. I have gone as far with it as I wish to go. Like a sand mandala, it was made to be completed and then released. I am not attached to its permanence, and I do not believe any of it needs to last beyond the time it was given.

I want a simpler life, without the hassle of being online. The work of maintaining a server, the monitoring, and the residual obligations that come with keeping a site alive no longer fit the life I want.

From 4 November 2026 I will not be adding new poems or musical poems to the site.

Until midnight on 20 January 2028, Spanish time, everything remains available exactly as it is. That is when my VPS server contract comes to an end, and it will not be renewed. After that, the server will be switched off and the site will disappear.

Thank you to anyone who found a poem, a track, or a quiet moment here.

The pleasure was in the making.

Richard

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Saint Katharine Drexel

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Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

19th-20th century American heiress who founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Native Americans and African Americans.

Detailed Definition
Saint Katharine Drexel used her fortune for education and justice, confronting racism within the Church. In poetry, she represents wealthy renunciation and advocacy for marginalized peoples. Poets invoke her in social justice verses on racial equity and missionary education. Her story inspires themes of privilege transformed into service in American Catholic historical poetry.
Example
Example in poetry:
Saint Lazarus's resurrection prefigures Easter hope in biblical poetry on awakening and second chances.; Poets reference Saint Lazarus in parabolic verse contrasting the rich man with the poor beggar.; A dramatic monologue might portray his tomb emergence.; Students could explore sibling dynamics with Mary and Martha.; His story enriches themes of death's defeat and divine reversal.
Additional Notes
Saint Katharine Drexel (1858–1955), American heiress who founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament for Native Americans and African Americans, using her fortune for justice and education. In poetry, she represents wealthy renunciation and advocacy for the marginalized. Usage tip: explore her confrontations with racism in social justice sequences; related to other American saints, she inspires themes of privilege transformed into missionary service.
Also Known As
Katharine Drexel Katherine Drexel St. Katharine Drexel
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